Am 09.02.2007 um 21:32 schrieb Dr. Peter R. Rü�mann:

>  I am new in the business, working as a teacher in Berlin with a
>  MAC-System.

You'll likely make more friends in the community if you talk about  
Macs. That's case-sensitive.

>  My SysAdmin told me, that Darwin Ports allows uncontrolled  
>  installation,
>  because Darwin Ports works out of the â??usual rights contextâ?.

While I can't give a definitive answer here, OpenDarwin as well as  
this list is pretty much abandoned and DarwinPorts was moved to  
MacPorts, over at MacOSForge: <http://www.macports.org/> 

Another system similar to DarwinPorts would be Fink: <http:// 
fink.sourceforge.net/> 

Regarding the "usual rights context" ... Mac OS X creates admin users  
by default and admin users are allowed to install software pretty  
much everywhere outside of /System without being asked for a  
password. To gain root access, they have to type their own password,  
only. This isn't specific to DarwinPorts or MacPorts or Fink but  
might explain your SysAdmin's statement.

If your SysAdmin cares about what people are allowed to do with the  
computer it's quite possible he doesn't allow default privileges.


Hope That Helps,
Markus

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Dipl. Ing. Markus Hitter
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